Facebook Now Lets You Filter Bad Memories Out Of "On This Day" Feature

To a lot of us, Facebook has a lot of our lives - past and present - on it. It's kind of a digital yearbook and an extreme nostalgia machine that lets us look back on the good old times. 

But now, the social media’s “On This Day” feature, which launched in March of last year, has a way to make sure your memories from yesteryear are rosy ones, scrubbed clean of any distressing ones.

As The Verge reports, Facebook just launched a way to filter out upsetting or painful memories like a photo with an ex or a post about a death in the family.

"We know that people share a range of meaningful moments on Facebook," said a spokesperson for the company in a statement.

"As a result, everyone has various kinds of memories that can be surfaced — good, bad, and everything in between. So for the millions of people who use 'On This Day,' we've added these filters to give them more control over the memories they see."

The filters let you sort out people and dates you don't want to see. 

This feature comes after Facebook was critised for not giving users enough control over what popped up on their newsfeeds.

If you want to change the setting and block a sensitive date or person, just go to the “On This Day” page and click “Preferences” in the upper right-hand corner. Add the date or person you don’t want to see, and hit save.